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September 10, 2021 Dearest First Pres Family, Get excited! In just two days, we will celebrate Homecoming Sunday at First Pres on September 12! Join us for worship at 10 am as we begin our new sermon series, Deep Roots: Tracing Our Sacred Story Through Genesis. Following worship, we will gather for an extra-special "meet and greet” (complete with a few fun surprises). Reconnect with old friends and make some new friends as well. Keep an eye on the mail for your very own copy of our new and improved Pathways brochure. Within its pages lie all of the amazing things we have planned for the fall at First Pres. [...]

August 29, 2021 Dear First Pres Family, School has started and the beginning of the program year is just around the corner! To stay safe, the Coronavirus Task Force wants to share our updated practices in light of the ongoing pandemic and wildfire season. For the start of the 2021–2022 program year, here is a review of our current guidelines for gathering: Sunday worship in person will continue to be on our closed campus with a simultaneous livestream service. We will maintain our reservation system for 300+ (~50% of our sanctuary capacity). If three or more households report COVID-19 cases following that [...]

August 6, 2021 Dear First Pres Family, Thank you to all who have financially supported First Pres Berkeley so far this year. Your faithful generosity has enabled us to continue our life-changing ministries in the midst of an incredibly challenging year. God is good! Here is a mid-year financial update: Our General Fund giving is up about 10% compared to last year due to so many of you fulfilling your pledges earlier than in years past. If we keep this up, we might even have a drama-free December! If you have been giving online this past year, we encourage you to continue to do so [...]

July 29, 2021 Dear First Pres Family, Welcome to our new website! As the online front door to First Pres, our website welcomes congregants and newcomers—and makes it easy to find priority news and information about worship and all of our ministries. With this goal in mind, we are so excited to launch after many months spent diving into our needs and wants, editing ministry information, and making it easier to find the most frequently accessed content. We are proud of what we accomplished and we truly hope you will love the new site as much as we do! Click around! Be sure to check [...]